Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[gottalovepluto]

I agree 100%

Which is why I would be shocked if it went past July 7th

I think the thing to watch for is if NY puts a quarantine on FL travelers either way I feel real bad for NY/FL travelers...

 

[TomServo27]

I just want him to lift NJ NY and CT restrictions so i can get excited for our trip!

You may have to quarantine coming back from Florida

 

[yulilin3]

Yeah I saw that but some of it doesn’t seem right. Like meet & greets were still on there. I would think that can’t be right.

Some, not all. which is strange, why would they not just take them all out?

 

[Jroceagles]

You may have to quarantine coming back from Florida

Can live with that!

 

[rpb718]

Fireworks are so gone they went to the effort to program them out of the app so no, I see no hope here.

Seems that took 2 months to program. Now they're just getting started with the reservation system.

Wasn't there a big story a few years ago about Disney being sued by employees whose jobs were being outsourced? I remember something about them having to train their replacements and then being laid off.

At the time I thought it was a bad move. Even more so now since it's EXACTLY what happened to me this year. My last day was April 10. In retrospect I'm glad of it, since I'm sure the pandemic has been hitting the insurance industry hard. Can't collect workers comp premiums when there's no workers to insure.

 

[Mit88]

Can live with that!

Should be interesting how companies that cannot have their employees work from home treat vacations this summer. Especially in a case like this where you could potentially need to quarantine for 2 weeks after taking the vacation. Can you really deny someone with vacation time, their vacation time because their business that had been shut down for months are now open?

That said, its a little less costly having to quarantine for 14 days at home than it is to quarantine at a Disney hotel, and likely not have a vacation at all unless you have a 15+ day vacation planned

 

[SMRT-1]

Fireworks are so gone they went to the effort to program them out of the app so no, I see no hope here.

The fireworks on the splash screen appear to be their own animated overlay, separate from the background, and can be easily swapped out (ex. the fireworks change to bats during Halloween season), so turning them off is most likely not much of an "effort" (I would be surprised if it took more than 10 minutes to do). Likewise, it should be trivial to turn them back on again once fireworks eventually return.

I wouldn't read too much into it.

 

[Mit88]

I’d say they should have multiple Happily Ever After castle presentations a night, sans fireworks...but MK won’t have hours late enough for it to be dark outside until October

 

[Jroceagles]

Should be interesting how companies that cannot have their employees work from home treat vacations this summer. Especially in a case like this where you could potentially need to quarantine for 2 weeks after taking the vacation. Can you really deny someone with vacation time, their vacation time because their business that had been shut down for months are now open?

That said, its a little less costly having to quarantine for 14 days at home than it is to quarantine at a Disney hotel, and likely not have a vacation at all unless you have a 15+ day vacation planned

My company is only mandating quarantine if we we leave the US. That has been in effect since this all started.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Should be interesting how companies that cannot have their employees work from home treat vacations this summer. Especially in a case like this where you could potentially need to quarantine for 2 weeks after taking the vacation. Can you really deny someone with vacation time, their vacation time because their business that had been shut down for months are now open?

That said, its a little less costly having to quarantine for 14 days at home than it is to quarantine at a Disney hotel, and likely not have a vacation at all unless you have a 15+ day vacation planned

I don't see them denying the vacation time. Although some business apparently can mandate where you can and can't travel to. I suspect they will say don't travel to X state or you will have to take 2 weeks unpaid vacation for quarantine upon return (or just fire you if you traveled against company policy). The company owes you vacation time, not a trip to a certain location.

 

[unbanshee]

I’d say they should have multiple Happily Ever After castle presentations a night, sans fireworks...but MK won’t have hours late enough for it to be dark outside until October

Fireworks aren't the problem, crowding is

 

[Mit88]

Fireworks aren't the problem, crowding is

Those 2 go hand in hand. But doing multiple fireworks shows costs a lot more money than it would be to do 2 light/projection castle shows. And giving an already reduced capacity multiple shows to attend, it reduces crowding even more. It was just a suggestion, not something i expected of them. But as I also said, it’s a moot point because it’s not dark out at 7pm in July, August, and September to even have have a nighttime show

 

[yulilin3]

I'm done with this

 

[yulilin3]

A reminder that water parks and minigolf are not expected to open, these cm will be relocated somewhere else, maybe the new incredi-crew

 

[Mit88]

My DD just got the following text from ther union. She's so happy, her one year is a week away

Local 362) Still waiting for your call back to work? Disney has told us that all Full-Time Attractions Cast Members will be recalled for a June 28 start date. This includes EWWS, Water Parks, Cirque, Auto Plaza, and Mini-Golf. There are still some who need to be notified by Disney. Hang tight, your call is coming! ☎

We also have great news to report on Part-Time Attractions Cast Members. All Part-Time Attractions Cast Members who work in a Theme Park will be recalled for a June 28 start date! Those calls should begin soon ☎

This is just the employees from those locations, and not returning to work at those locations, right? Just cross training? All of them make sense to open up other than cirque and the water parks. But I guess they never officially said the water parks wouldn’t open up upon reopening unless I missed that

Edit: you just answered my question

 

[yulilin3]

This is just the employees from those locations, and not returning to work at those locations, right? Just cross training? All of them make sense to open up other than cirque and the water parks. But I guess they never officially said the water parks wouldn’t open up upon reopening unless I missed that

Edit: you just answered my question

Posted right above yours

 

[Mamiamjo]

My company is only mandating quarantine if we we leave the US. That has been in effect since this all started.

My company is mandating quarantine for anyone flying or staying in a hotel
Guess I'll be working from home a couple weeks when I return

 

[Jroceagles]

My company is mandating quarantine for anyone flying or staying in a hotel
Guess I'll be working from home a couple weeks when I return

Its so amazing how different companies are reacting. I think because we never shut down nor worked from home that we are more on a full go method.

 

[BrianR]

So like if Edna should be wearing a mask, laugh if she shouldn't?

 

[A2DisneyMom]

Should be interesting how companies that cannot have their employees work from home treat vacations this summer. Especially in a case like this where you could potentially need to quarantine for 2 weeks after taking the vacation. Can you really deny someone with vacation time, their vacation time because their business that had been shut down for months are now open?

That said, its a little less costly having to quarantine for 14 days at home than it is to quarantine at a Disney hotel, and likely not have a vacation at all unless you have a 15+ day vacation planned

I don’t think you’ll see companies trying to control where their employees travel during their vacation time. If the employees are required to quarantine due to a local emergency order, they’ll likely just have to let them work from home.